Dundee will host its second international comic festival celebrating their history and the future.

Once a rite of passage for all children, comics and comic strips have given way to more hi-tech forms of child entertainment. But our comics culture lives on, says Frazer Diamond... you just have to know where to look.

The Beano, The Dandy and Viz are among the titles to be commemorated in a BBC Four season on comics.

The world's longest running comic ceases to exist in its traditional format after being changed to a magazine.

Hallo Dandy, winner of the 1984 Grand National, is put down at the age of 33.

Six male reindeer head north from their Lancashire home at Blackpool Zoo for a new life in Scotland.

DC Thomson is at the centre of a row after a complaint that it reprinted an annual containing racist material.

Cornelius Lysaght on racing's training sprint king Dandy Nicholls

He's been a dandy, a cricketer and most famously wore a long scarf. So what are the fashion tips from everyone's favourite Time Lord?

If you've stumbled across the Dandy on the newsagents' shelves recently, it may well have come as a shock - it's nothing like the comic of old.

The world's longest-running comic is revamped.

The world's longest-running comic is relaunched in a bid to attract a new generation of readers.

A Yeovil-based firm helps promote the relaunch of Britain's oldest comic - The Dandy.

The Dandy brings in a new line-up of characters in an attempt to appeal to a new generation of youngsters.

Funfair Wane wins the Ayr Gold Cup to give trainer Dandy Nicholls his fourth race victory in five years.

A collector has broken his own record for the most expensive UK comic book auctioned, paying £20,000 for The Dandy

One of the British Marines who was held in Iran has told his family that he is "fine and dandy" after his release.

Clydesdale horses take the place of heavy machinery in a return to their traditional role in forestry.

As a child, Barrie Appleby dreamed of drawing for the Beano. When he grew up, that dream became a reality. He tells of giving shape to Dennis the Menace.

Was it Red Rum, Bob Champion or another Aintree fairytale? Tell us about your favourite Grand National memory.